in kafa, it's rare for lions to attack humans. the nature protection organization, nabu, has its offices in the regional capital -- lion central, so to speak. in 2011, nabu caused a scientific sensation with the report that there were lions in the cloud forest of kafa, a non-savannah area. at the time, muluken merkuria and a photographer were commissioned to document the lions. for five days they hiked and searched for them until they happened to discover a female lion cub sleeping near the roadside. >> i'm happy, very, very happy. because this is the evidence for everybody, not only for me or the people who live around kafa, but also researchers and everybody. it is the sign that there are forest lions in kafa. >> several studies are being carried out to find out when and why lions settled in kafa on their migratory route from central to east africa, how many animals there are, and just how they live in the cloud forest. >> the first focus of nabu is to conserve the forest, the cloud forest and its biodiversity, and lions are one